Patents by Inventor Tomohisa Takaoka

Tomohisa Takaoka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9851375
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an extraction section which extracts, out of pieces of detection information each including position information and motion detection data acquired by terminal devices of respective users, detection information of a user on a specific train, based on the position information, and an estimation section which estimates distribution of people on the train based on the motion detection data included in the detection information extracted by the extraction section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20170307393
    Abstract: [Object] To accurately estimate a user's position on the basis of sensor data by preparing absolute criteria in advance. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a feature extractor configured to extract a feature of first sensor data provided by a sensor carried or worn by a user; a matching unit configured to match the feature of the first sensor data and a feature of second sensor data corresponding to the first sensor data, the feature of the second sensor data being associated with given position information; and a position estimation unit configured to estimate a position of the user on the basis of a result of the matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Masatomo KURATA, Tomohisa TAKAOKA
  • Patent number: 9792488
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that obtains content data and first position information corresponding to the content data; obtains second position information corresponding to a second person having a predetermined relationship with a first person associated with creating the content data; and associates identification corresponding to the second person with the content data based on a predetermined relationship between the first position information and the second position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20170131103
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processing circuit configured to receive an action recognition information which is determined on the basis of sensing information of a user associated with a position information of the user, the action recognition information indicating an action of the user related to structure or equipment of a building has occurred, and associate the structure or equipment of the building with the position information on the basis of the action recognition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatomo KURATA, Tomohisa TAKAOKA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170093763
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image that includes a target a user is paying attention to, an access information acquisition unit for acquiring access information assigned with a time-limited access right to public information that is associated with the target in the image, a public information acquisition unit for acquiring the public information using the access information, and a display control unit for controlling display of the public information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa TAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20170089704
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus which can accurately estimate a current position by using a result of action recognition. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: an action recognition unit configured to recognize an action of a user that has a sensor by using first sensing data of the sensor; and an accuracy estimation unit configured to estimate an accuracy of second sensing data of a geomagnetism sensor on the basis of a result of action recognition of the user obtained by the action recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: TOMOHISA TAKAOKA, MASATOMO KURATA, YOSHIYUKI KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170074666
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a processing circuit configured to obtain activity recognition information which is determined on the basis of sensing information of a plurality of users, the activity recognition information indicating recognized activities of the plurality of users based on location information of the plurality of users, and generate information for displaying representations of the recognized activities of the plurality of users in relation to a map by using specified criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Masatomo KURATA, Tomohisa TAKAOKA
  • Patent number: 9560485
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a positional relationship information acquirer that acquires information indicating a position relationship between a first user and a second user, a nearness determiner that determines whether or not the first user and the second user are near each other, on the basis of the information indicating the position relationship, and a contact manager that sorts, on the basis of a result of the determination, a contact list which is provided to the first user and which includes contact information for the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Patent number: 9538021
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image that includes a target a user is paying attention to, an access information acquisition unit for acquiring access information assigned with a time-limited access right to public information that is associated with the target in the image, a public information acquisition unit for acquiring the public information using the access information, and a display control unit for controlling display of the public information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Patent number: 9483649
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a photographic subject position acquisition unit that acquires position information of a photographic subject corresponding to a person image included in a photographic image, a transmission unit that transmits the position information of the photographic subject to an information processing device that compares the position information of the photographic subject with position information of a communication terminal transmitted from the communication terminal, and a determination unit that determines whether a process of protecting the person image is performed based on information according to a result of the comparison received from the information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Patent number: 9386410
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a position information acquiring unit configured to acquire first position information of an object, a provisional position and direction information acquiring unit configured to acquire provisional position information and provisional direction information based on a movement of the object with reference to the first position information, when second position information of the object is acquired, and a direction correcting unit configured to calculate a direction correction amount for correcting the provisional direction information, according to a distance between the first position information and the second position information, on the basis of the first position information, the second position information, and the provisional position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20150382146
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a positional relationship information acquirer that acquires information indicating a position relationship between a first user and a second user, a nearness determiner that determines whether or not the first user and the second user are near each other, on the basis of the information indicating the position relationship, and a contact manager that sorts, on the basis of a result of the determination, a contact list which is provided to the first user and which includes contact information for the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa TAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20150338431
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an extraction section which extracts, out of pieces of detection information each including position information and motion detection data acquired by terminal devices of respective users, detection information of a user on a specific train, based on the position information, and an estimation section which estimates distribution of people on the train based on the motion detection data included in the detection information extracted by the extraction section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventor: Tomohisa TAKAOKA
  • Patent number: 9185512
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a transmission section which transmits, to an external device that has collected an index pertaining to a feature of an output of a sensor for each classification, classification information for specifying the classification, and a reception section which receives information about the index corresponding to the classification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Patent number: 9167384
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a positional relationship information acquirer that acquires information indicating a position relationship between a first user and a second user, a nearness determiner that determines whether or not the first user and the second user are near each other, on the basis of the information indicating the position relationship, and a contact manager that sorts, on the basis of a result of the determination, a contact list which is provided to the first user and which includes contact information for the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Patent number: 9121712
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a traveling pitch acquiring section configured to acquire a current traveling pitch, and a speed acquiring section configured to acquire a current traveling speed extracted from an association table showing correspondence between a traveling pitch and a traveling speed based on the current traveling pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Patent number: 9108651
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an extraction section which extracts, out of pieces of detection information each including position information and motion detection data acquired by terminal devices of respective users, detection information of a user on a specific train, based on the position information, and an estimation section which estimates distribution of people on the train based on the motion detection data included in the detection information extracted by the extraction section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20150201301
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a position information acquiring unit configured to acquire first position information of an object, a provisional position and direction information acquiring unit configured to acquire provisional position information and provisional direction information based on a movement of the object with reference to the first position information, when second position information of the object is acquired, and a direction correcting unit configured to calculate a direction correction amount for correcting the provisional direction information, according to a distance between the first position information and the second position information, on the basis of the first position information, the second position information, and the provisional position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventor: TOMOHISA TAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20140109231
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a photographic subject position acquisition unit that acquires position information of a photographic subject corresponding to a person image included in a photographic image, a transmission unit that transmits the position information of the photographic subject to an information processing device that compares the position information of the photographic subject with position information of a communication terminal transmitted from the communication terminal, and a determination unit that determines whether a process of protecting the person image is performed based on information according to a result of the comparison received from the information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohisa TAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20140088867
    Abstract: A travel orientation can be calculated with a high degree of accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa Takaoka